Background
Carsten Peter Thiede was born in Berlin, Germany on August 8, 1952.
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1988
(This volume aims to discover how much of the traditional ...)
This volume aims to discover how much of the traditional account of Jesus is reliable, and how much myth. Nearly 20 centuries have passed since Jesus lived and died, and the story of his life and teaching still exerts a powerful hold on the human imagination. Yet over the last few generations, many writers have questioned the evidence of Jesus. The author looks at the languages, the contemporary sources, the unpublished finds, and the Jewish and Roman settings of the time of Jesus. He considers the evidence of the New Testament Gospels, but also the references to Jesus in other writings, including the Gnostic Gospels. This volume aims to discover how much of the traditional account of Jesus is reliable, and how much myth. Nearly 20 centuries have passed since Jesus lived and died, and the story of his life and teaching still exerts a powerful hold on the human imagination. Yet over the last few generations, many writers have questioned the evidence of Jesus. The author looks at the languages, the contemporary sources, the unpublished finds, and the Jewish and Roman settings of the time of Jesus. He considers the evidence of the New Testament Gospels, but also the references to Jesus in other writings, including the Gnostic Gospels.
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1997
(In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three p...)
In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three pieces of a New Testament manuscript on the murky antiquities market of Luxor, Egypt. He donated these papyrus fragments to his alma mater, Magdalen College in Oxford, England, where they sat in a display case and drew very little attention. Nearly a century later, the fragments--part of the Gospel of Matthew and thought to date from a.d. 180-200--were reevaluated by scholar Carsten Peter Thiede. His research showed the bits of papyrus to be significantly older, written about a.d. 60. But what is all the fuss about? How can three ancient papyrus fragments be so significant? How did Thiede arrive at this radical early dating? And what does it mean to the average Christian? Now readers have authoritative answers to these pivotal questions, in a book written by Thiede himself and by Times of London journalist Matthew d'Ancona, who originally broke the story to the public. Indeed, the Magdalen Papyrus corroborates three traditions: Saint Matthew actually wrote the Gospel bearing his name; he wrote it within a generation of Jesus' death; and the Gospel stories about Jesus are true. Some will vehemently deny Thiede's claims, others will embrace them, but nobody can ignore THE JESUS PAPYRUS.
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2000
(Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls hav...)
Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been a source of constant controversy. Scholars still argue over the meaning of the fragmentary texts--especially what they say about the Jewish roots of the first Christian communities. Discovering that the scroll fragments date Mark's gospel much earlier than once believed, Carsten Peter Thiede claims that the scrolls establish links between the two great faiths, and that they literally revolutionize our understanding of the Bible. Unraveling the complex and fascinating history ofthe Dead Sea Scrolls, this book will challenge and even change how people think about religion. Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been a source of constant controversy. Scholars still argue over the meaning of the fragmentary texts--especially what they say about the Jewish roots of the first Christian communities. Discovering that the scroll fragments date Mark's gospel much earlier than once believed, Carsten Peter Thiede claims that the scrolls establish links between the two great faiths, and that they literally revolutionize our understanding of the Bible. Unraveling the complex and fascinating history ofthe Dead Sea Scrolls, this book will challenge and even change how people think about religion.
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2003
(A portrayal of the daily life of real people in the world...)
A portrayal of the daily life of real people in the world of Jesus and his time This book portrays the cultural, economic and religious life of real people in the real world of Jesus and his time. Palestine was not a backwater, but a highly cultivated part of the Roman empire with theatre, literature, postal services, library systems and commerce. The author presents an entirely different picture to the popular conception of a provincial world in the back of beyond to give us a better understanding of the context from which the message of Jesus was spread.
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2004
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A respected theologian responds to questions about the historical Christ Jesus Christ is one of the most revered, and at the same time, maligned figures in human history. We know for certain that after his death, Jesus of Nazareth did not simply disappear into the history books. Rather, his followers assert that he is still alive today and very much present in their lives, and there is still much interest - from both critics and followers of Christianity alike - in studying claims about the historical Jesus. In the introduction to "Jesus, Man or Myth? ", Carsten Peter Thiede asserts that questions about the historical Jesus are essential to coming to understand the Christ of faith. The message of Christ is both one of history and one of faith; the two aspects are two sides of the same coin. Thiede believes that to answer questions such as 'Did Jesus exist? ', 'Did he perform miracles? ', 'Did he die on the cross? ', we need to go back to the original historical accounts published by the first followers of Christ - the Gospels, Acts and the New Testament letters. What follows is a clear, scholarly discourse in which Thiede proposes and answers questions about what we can know today about Jesus. He examines in nine chapters the evidence for Jesus' existence, his place in Jewish tradition, his birth, teachings, miracles, death and resurrection. By finding out more about the Jesus of history, we can make an enlightened choice about the Christ of today, and discover him not as myth, but as a true historical figure about whom faith claims can justifiably be made.
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2005
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For centuries scholars have tried to work out where Emmaus was: where, in other words, the risen Christ walked, ate and revealed himself. It is a crucial location in the map of Christian belief, and one of the great missing links of Christian archaeology, which has foxed excavators and biblical detectives for more than a millennium-and-a-half. Where is the true site of the astonishing event recorded by St. Luke? Three suggested sites have been put forward. Emmaus-Nicopolis, which is too far from Jerusalem to fit the story and was a regional capital rather than a village. Emmaus-Aby Gosh which the Crusaders believed to be the true site but was not called Emmaus in the first century AD and must be ruled out. Finally Emmaus El Qubeibe which was favored by the Franciscans as the true site after the 15th century but again was not called Emmaus in the first century. The trail went cold long ago, or so it seemed. Now Thiede has produced his most dramatic find to date. His work remains highly confidential and will cause a storm in the archaeological world when it is disclosed. The lost site of Emmaus is rising once again from the soil. Readers will be astonished by this extraordinary book.
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2005
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Carsten Peter Thiede was born in Berlin, Germany on August 8, 1952.
Thiede attended the universities of Berlin, Geneva, and Oxford, where he studied comparative literature and history before procuring a German National Scholarship Foundation Research Fellow position at Queen's College at Oxford University in 1976.
In 1978 Thiede became a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at Geneva. He was drawn to the subject of early Christianity as a linguist and an expert in medieval Latin philology, and the study of the origins of the faith became his life's work. He then was director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research, in his hometown of Paderborn, Germany, and then a professor at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheba, southern Israel, a chair he held in addition to his professorship at Basle.
For a number of years into the early '90s, Thiede worked with various broadcasting companies, including BBC Radio and ERF, and as an editor at the Brockhaus publishing company.
For the last seven years of his life, Thiede also worked for the Israel Antiquities Authority repairing damage to the Dead Sea Scrolls and excavating the biblical location of Emmaus.
Thiede is best known for his dramatic re-dating of the Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark, his insistence that certain Christian relics merited serious scientific analysis, and - most recently - a dramatic archaeological find in the Holy Land. He is also known as the author of works on the topic of Christianity. Among them, one can mention Simon Peter: From Galilee to Rome, The Heritage of the First Christians, Jesus: Life or Legend, The Dead Sea Scrolls, The Quest for the True Cross and his last work Jesus: Man or Myth?.
Thiede was ordained priest in 2000 and was also a Chaplain to Her Majesty's Forces in spite of being a German citizen.
(A portrayal of the daily life of real people in the world...)
2004(A respected theologian responds to questions about the hi...)
2005(For centuries scholars have tried to work out where Emmau...)
2005(This volume aims to discover how much of the traditional ...)
1997(Since their discoveries in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls hav...)
2003(In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three p...)
2000Thiede was a member of the Institute of Germanic Studies of London University and the International Papyrologists Association.
Thiede married Franziska Campbell in 1982. The couple had two daughters, Miriam and Emily, and one son, Frederick.
